Wednesday, July 20, 2011

finished product.

and without further adieu, i give you a watercolor portrait of my family.

the olsens:

i see about 10 million mistakes, but seeing as this was my first time picking up a paintbrush or sketching in my book for over 5 years, i'm happy with it. it's also a portrait of my favorite people in the world, so for that reason, i absolutely love it.

I'm not sure if I count as a "we've already talked" person or not. :) But I was sitting here in my house today looking at a place on the wall, an empty frame even, that started screaming to be filled with a painting.

And, I've tried to like the lady's painting that you were inspired by, but, truth be told, I prefer yours.

I don't want to pressure you. Especially with the holidays banging down the door.

But.....I thought you should know that the empty frame on my wall is now a placeholder for a painting by you of my family someday, sometime, when your life calms and when I round up the crazies I live with to stand together in front of a camera to get a picture to you.